Emiliana Arango brought one of the surprises of the day at the “WTA 1000” tournament in Guadalajara, the athlete from Colombia beat Sloane Stevens in the second round.

Sloane Stevens defeats Emiliana Arango at the WTA in Guadalajara

2017 US Open champion and 2018 Roland Garros finalist Stephens (38 WTA) was defeated by Arango (180 WTA) 6-1, 6-2. The game lasted only 62 minutes.

Emiliana (22 years old), who has faced numerous injuries throughout her career, already has the best rating in the WTA Live hierarchy (145th place), and in the 1/8 finals she will meet the American Taylor Townsend (101st WTA).

Also on Tuesday, Madison Keys (4th seed and US Open 2023 semi-finalist) was defeated in two sets by Emma Navarro (49 WTA).

WTA Guadalajara, results registered on Tuesday

Camila Giorgi – Christina Bux 6-1, 6-2

Caroline Garcia (3) – Oleksandra Sasnovich 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4

Emiliana Arango – Sloane Stephens 6-1, 6-2

Kateryna Alexandrova (8) – Magdalena Frech 7-6(4), 7-6(8)

Sofia Kenin – Angelina Kalinina (12) 6-2, 7-6(5)

Taylor Townsend – Elvina Kalieva 6-1, 7-6(3)

Victoria Azarenka (10) – Dayana Yastremska 6-4, 7-6(5)

Leila Fernandez – Elise Mertens (13) 6-3, 6-4

Caroline Dolehide – Sachia Vickery 6-3, 4-6, 6-1

Olena Ostapenko (6) – Marta Kostyuk 6-2, 6-3

Ons Jabert (1) – Alicia Parks 6-2, 6-2

Maria Sakkari (2) – Storm Hunter 6-2, 6-4

Emma Navarro vs. Madison Keys (4) 6-2, 7-6(5).

WTA Guadalajara, 1/8 finals

Ons Jaber (1) – Martina Trevisan

Caroline Dolheide – Kateryna Alexandrova (8)

Emma Navarro as Leila Fernandez

Sofia Kenin – Yelena Ostapenko (6)

Veronika Kudermetova (7) – Victoria Azarenka (10)

Haley Baptiste – Caroline Garcia (3)

Taylor Tonsend as Emiliana Arango

Camila Giorgi – Maria Sakkari (2).

Guadalajara Open Akron 2023 is a WTA 1000 event with a total prize pool of $2,788,468 and 64 players at the start of the main draw. The competition takes place from September 17 to 23. The main favorites are Ons Jabert and Maria Sakkari, and the absolute champion is Jessica Pegula.